Increasing the effectiveness of common actions

In adopting the report by Mr Enrique BARON CRESPO (PSE, E), the European Parliament urged the Council: - to take steps to ensure that the principle of qualified majority becomes the rule for the adoption of joint actions, - to reflect carefully on the amendments to be made to the procedures for adopting the joint action so that these might become an effective instrument serving the interests of the EU, - to consult Parliament on the principle of adopting a joint action, to inform Parliament in each case of the content of the action and to take Parliament's opinion into account when the action is being applied, - to ensure that the financing of joint actions undertaken within the framework of the CFSP is taken over by the budget of the European Communities. �